Airship.



C. PETERSON;

MRSHIP;

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15- I9!!- Patented June 18, 1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

INVENTOR C. PETERSON.

AIRSHIP.

APPLICATION HLED lUNE 15.1911.

WITNESSES ATTORNEY UNITED STATES OFFICE.

CHARLIE PETERSON, OF FLORENCE, WIQ CQQIBIN, LASSIG-NOIE'OF ONE-FOURTH'10 HARVEY BOWMAN, OF FLORENCE, WISCONSIN, AND ONE-FOURTH TO CHARLESERICSON, OF

Amsnrr.

To all whom it may concern:

shoe s when landing and to prevent injury A to the air-ship or theoperator thereof when landin The invention also relates to the provisionof pontoons of novel construction for floating an air-ship on water,preventing the same from c'apsizing, and also adapting the air-ship tobe started from and landed on the earth as well as on water as may-bedesired.

The invention also relates to the provision of cushioning connectionsbetween the frame of the air-ship and the ontoons or base or landingelements thereo which prevent concussions by absorbing shocks andthusprevent injury to the frame or other parts of the air-ship whenthe-same is landed.

In the accompanying drawings Fi ure 1 is a side elevation of an air-shipprovided with pontoons and cushioning connections constructed andarranged in accordance with my invention.

Fig.2 is a longitudinal sectional view. of one 'ofthe ontoons or floats.

Fig. '3 1s a transverse sectional view through the air-ship and thepontoons.

Fig. 4 is a detailed transverse sectional viewof one of the pontoons.

a An air-ship is indicated at 1 for the purpose of this specification.The frame of the air-ship is rovided with stanchions 86 which extend ownfrom the sidesthereof and are connected together by crossed guys 87.Said stanchions are here shown as tubular and each is provided at itslower end with a plunger rod 88 secured thereto at 8 9 and provided atits lower end with af' piston The sai eyhnder 91. cylinders are, ar

and may be made 'of'sh'eet metal or other material and are arrangedunder the frame andatsuitable distances apart-and are sup-' unger 90which operates in a vertical Said 1 specification when ew; Patented June18, 1918. Application filed June 15, 1017. Serial 110,174,948.

plied with compressed air by a suitable air compressing .pump 83which\is operated b an engine such as indicated at 69 and with which theair-ship is provided. Each pongasolene may be forced up through pipes tothe carbureters of the engine. I

The cylinders 91 are provided at their lower ends with openings 92 sothat comressed air is admitted to said cylinders mm the pontoons andcaused to force the pistons upwardly. The pistons and the compressed aircontaining cylinders form cushioning connections between the stanchionsof the air-ship and the base members formed by the pontoons and serve toabsorb shocks when the air-ship is landed and hence obviates concussionsand injury to the air-shi when landing.

In t e lower side of each ontoon near the front and rear ends thereoaretruck receiving chambers 93 which are open at their lower sides andare formed by cylindrical.

walls 9 1 which extend upwardl and inwardly in the pontoon. Each of tese chambers is closed at its upper side as at 95 and provided with acentral opening for the passage of the vertically arranged piston rod 96of a piston 97 which operates in. a cylinder 98. Each cylinder 98 isprovided at one side with a chest 99 which communicates with one of thecompressed air container chambers or compartments of the on-' Eachpontoon is provided with trucks 103 p for landing on and starting fromthe earth,

each truck, comprising a wheel 104 and a fork 105 'in which the axle ofthe wheel is mounted. The forks are secured to the lower ends of thepiston rod 96 so that the trucks may be raised and lowered by the fluidpressure mechanisms comprising said cylinders,

valVesand pistons, to arrange the trucks in the chambers 93 out of theway when the machine 'is 'inflight or is used as a hydroplane and toproject the trucks downwardly of the machine on the trucks.

While I "have shown herein and described a preferred form of myinvention, 1 would have it understood that changes may be,

. made in the form; proportion and construction of the several partswithout departing awson from the spirit 'of the invention and within thescope of the appended claim. I, Having thus described my invention, whata pontoon below the claim is:--

Anair-ship havin same to float the air-slip on water, said pontoonhaving, compressed air receiving chamhers in its ends and agasolenestorage chamber between said compressed air receiving chambers, and'atube extending through the gasolene receivin' ehamberand connecting thecompressed air receivlng chambers, and

compressed air operated shock absorbing devices having pneumaticconnection with said compressed air-receiving chambers.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature. CHARLIE. PETER-SON.

